Ms Tanea Heke, MNZM, of Wellington, for services to the arts and Māori
Tanea Heke is Director of Te Kura Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.
She has worked as a programme manager for Taki Rua and exhibition manager with Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. She oversaw New Zealand’s participation at the Venice Biennale for Creative New Zealand.
She curated New Zealand’s cultural programme as the Country of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair and managed the New Zealand delegation at the Festival of Pacific Arts in Guahan.
She co-founded Hāpai Productions, a Māori theatre company based in Wellington. Ms Heke has acted in films including ‘No. 2’, ‘Waru’ and ‘Cousins’ and theatre productions ‘The Prophet’, ‘Hāruru Mai’, and ‘Doubt’.